That seems to have worked because the dow which had been limit down has now bounced back and at the opening bell, we may be up 400 points. The dow will be up significantly at the opening bell. Same story with the s p and also with the nasdaq. Now, treasury secretary mnuchin, he says the Federal Reserve will have 4 trillion for loans to businesses. He says theres more where that came from and if congress doesnt get something going real fast, then they will go back to congress for more and he says the fed will provide any amount that is needed. Thats what the fed is doing right now. Thats the market. Thats the fed. Thats whats going on in congress. Now look at the price of oil. That has been a problem for American Energy producers and right now, weve got oil all the way down in the low 20s. Thats a continuing problem for texas, north dakota and for the Energy Producers and these energy stocks. How about the price of gas . That is absolutely tumbling. The National Average all the way down
Gain of about 170 points, after the biggest oneday gain since 1933. That was yesterday. Today might be a different story. At the moment we are looking at a gain of 166 for the dow, a drop for the nasdaq, maybe down 34 points, and the s p down about 11. Mixed picture this morning as investors try to get to grips with this new package and what it means for the economy. Also influencing the market, the president s statement that he would love and he used the word three times, he would love to get the economy back up and running by easter. Thats just two and a half weeks from now. It is a goal rather than an absolute. Critics say its just too soon and many state and local governments reject the president s time frame. Meanwhile, the call for Domestic Travel restrictions keeps on growing. Some officials at the white house suggested that anyone leaving the new york city metropolitan area should be confined to 14 days quarantine. As of now, lockdown, stayathome orders are in place for well ov
And nasdaq. Strong market gains for the Bluechip Companies. Just using two of them as an example, we have apple up three dollars, microsoft up at 146. They have been higher than that earlier. Microsoft up earlier. Did they hit bottom this week . A lot of people have been buying them. Were asking that question. I hope a bottom for a lot of companies. Oil moving up to 25. Barrel. Its down 15 cents now. The government is buying oil but the petroleum written for the petroleum reserve. Whats he going to do about the russian and saudi attack on american drillers. We will ask that question to him. Gas prices tumbling. The National Averages 2. 17 a gallon falling about two cents a day. In oklahoma the averages a dollar 80. In california its 3. 25. According to gas buddy we will be down to a National Average of well under two dollars very soon. Lets get to the spreading virus. We will show you Street Scenes from around the world. Same story all over. Ghost towns, empty streets. Economists at a
The governor of california recommends the elderly should take shelter in their homes. New york city closes its schools. Many states close bars and restaurants. Hourly workers, in dire straits. The economy is grinding to a halt and we dont know how long this massive disruption will last. All right. Heres the financial reaction. This monday morning, stock futures are limit down and when we open an even bigger drop is expected. That may mean a trading halt. Travel and leisure stocks again beaten down. Airline stocks, decimated. Last night, the fed took emergency action, cutting rates to the lowest level since 2008 and pumping 700 billion into the Financial System. Were waiting for a rescue package from congress. Were waiting to see if the administration will put money directly into the hands of affected workers, helicopter money, for example, and into desperate industries. A kind of modern bailout. So whats next . We will find out in 90 minutes. At 10 30 eastern, Vice President pence hold
China is the manufacturing workshop of the world and its shrinking, manufacturing, shr k shrinking at its fastest pace ever. This is an astonishing move into the safety of tenyear u. S. Treasuries. At one stage that yield had dropped all the way down to an alltime low of 1. 03 . Right now, we are at 1. 08 . Historically very, very low. The virus is the problem. We do not know how much our economy will slow if large numbers of people are quarantined and people are unwilling to go out and shop and travel and mingle. We have these developments on the virus. Deaths, two deaths in what appears to be a cluster of cases centering on a nursing home in kirkland, washington. Firefighters who went to the home are now quarantined. There are confirmed cases in nine states. Florida has declared a Public Health emergency. Theres this bombshell from iran. A Senior Adviser to the Supreme Leader has died from the virus. Several members of the top leadership are infected. But iran has done little to rest